The
1MW
Calama
Solar
3
project
in
the
Atacama
Desert
will
help
power
Chuquicamata,
reportedly
the
biggest
open-pit
copper
mine
in
the
world.
Solarpack,
which
has
a
21-year
power-purchase
deal
with
Codelco,
funded
the
$3.5m
development.
“It
is
a
first
step
in
what
we
expect
will
be
an
important
and
potent
development
for
the
country,
with
the
use
of
non-conventional
renewable
energies,”
says
Chile’s
Energy
Minister,
Jorge
Bunster.
He
is
the
country’s
fifth
energy
minister
since
Sebastián
Piñera
was
elected
president
in
2010.
Calama
Solar
3,
which
was…
